Retirement Planning

A federal district judge has ruled that the Bush administration violated federal law by failing to send comparative information on the available Medicare health plans to each beneficiary last year. More . . .

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has issued final regulations that greatly simplify the calculations for making minimum distributions from retirement plans like IRAs. More . . .

A new article suggests that retirement portfolios generally last longer if the assets are invested mostly in stocks. 'Making Retirement Income Last a Lifetime,' Journal of Financial Planning, December 2001. More . . .

New rules from the IRS have greatly simplified the process of making minimum distributions from retirement accounts like IRAs.

More than 100 financial planning calculators are now available at the American Savings Education Council's Web site. The calculators can help with a wide array of financial planning issues, including retirement planning, credit, home mortgages, and budgeting.

The highest court in Massachusetts has ruled that in determining a Medicaid applicant's eligibility for benefits, Medicaid officials cannot count the principal of a trust created by the applicant after she waived her right to any of the principal in...